rhinoscleroma
Histologic Features
- A hyperplastic mucosal epithelium with
- A dense, diffuse infiltrate consisting predominantly of plasma cells with many large histiocytes
- Giant histiocytes with vacuolated cytoplasm (Mikulicz cells) containing many 2-micron gram-negative rods in the cytoplasm (Frisch bacilli)
- Many plasma cells with eccentric nuclei and homogenous bright red cytoplasm (Russell bodies)
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